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Zeke Vanderhoek
Founder & Principal, The Equity Project Charter School
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Big Think Interview With Zeke Vanderhoek
A conversation with the founder and first principal of the Equity Project Charter School in New York City. Read More
August 31, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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We asked Zeke Vanderhoek, founder of a revolutionary public charter school in Manhattan, how he would reform the U.S. education system. Read More
August 31, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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Educators at Zeke Vandehoek’s New York City public charter school don’t have the typical job description. Read More
August 31, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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Looking to Start a School? Take This Man’s Advice
Zeke Vanderhoek, the brains behind a revolutionary charter institution in Manhattan, explains how to do it. Read More
August 31, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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Zeke Vanderhoek: Teachers Should Be Free
The founder of a new charter middle school in Washington Heights explains the evolution of his radical idea. Read More
August 31, 2009 | In Politics & Policy
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These Teachers Make $125,000 +
Zeke Vanderhoek, founder of Manhattan’s Equity Project Charter School, is banking on the instructors he’s chosen to run the place. Read More
August 31, 2009 | In Business & Economics, Politics & Policy
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The founder of Manhattan’s new charter institution remembers his life in the Teach for America trenches. Read More
August 31, 2009 | In History, Politics & Policy
Zeke is the founder and chairman of Manhattan GMAT, a national GMAT test-preparation company. The company employs over 100 administrative and instructional staff, has classroom centers in 7 major US cities, while serving over 6000 students in 2008. Zeke began his educational career as a 6th and 8th grade teacher at I.S. 90, a public middle school in Washington Heights, New York City. Zeke has a B.A. from Yale University and a Masters in Philosophy & Education from Teachers College at Columbia University.
In January 2007, Zeke stepped down as CEO of Manhattan GMAT and began the process of founding The Equity Project (TEP) Charter School, a 480-seat public middle school which will serve at-risk student in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City. TEP was granted a 5-year charter by New York State in January 2008. In his spare time, Zeke plays piano and guitar and eats almond croissants at his local bakery. He currently lives in Harlem with his wife Stephanie and daughter Ella.
